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Eddington was one of the most important British scientists of this times, and the first major expositor of Einstein's work to the English-speaking world, but also familiar with the major advances in quantum mechanics, then taking place. Basically an astrophysicist with...
D. K. Broster’s The Gleam of the North is the second of the Jacobite Trilogy. It follows on from the first instalment, in which the intersecting fortunes of two men, who at first glance seem almost complete opposites, are at the centre of the story.
This is a collection of Readers’ Choice of the best columns of America’s favorite newspaperman, Damon Runyon.
Beethoven's eating habits, his growing deafness and ill-health, his tendency to be suspicious of friends, his daily schedule of work, his famous contempt for etiquette, his daily walks in all weathers, his brilliant abilities as composer and conductor - all these traits...
A young boy at the time of the Roman invasion of Britain in the reign of Claudius leads a good life, since his father is a leader in service to Caratacus. But when his father goes missing in action, everything changes...
Great, heartbreaking tale about a young man and his bride and their journey to Alaska by sea, as well as about many interesting men and women they meet along the way...
Rolf in the Woods follows a young boy on his journey to becoming a man, learning how to live in the wilderness, respecting animals and nature, and later using his outdoorsman skills to fight and survive in war.
England Have My Bones was a well-received memoir about a year spent in England, staying in a workman's cottage and writing this book, while engaging in falconry, hunting & fishing. The book is written in the form of a diary running from 3rd March 1934 to the 3rd March...
Harald, a young early Viking, joins the great warrior Thorkell Fairhar for an adventure on board ship. But will he and the crew meet disaster and death or make it back home from the coasts of Scotland and Ireland?
Long, Long Ago is a collection of Woollcott’s writings in the style of While Rome Burns. It is a bird’s eye view of the people, the institutions, the facts and fancies of an unforgettable bygone era. As a famous critic and commentator for The New Yorker magazine, he...
When George Templeton's golfing plans fail, he goes on a hike and discovers an old schoolfriend engaged in the strange activity of hunting for bombs at the side of the road.When his old acquaintance claims never to have met him, Templeton's suspicions are aroused and...
This is an (auto)biography of the famous fictional character Ephraim Tutt featured in several series of the popular stories based on law-trivia and law-chicanery-practice.
Presents the different types of dinosaurs and reconstructs their appearance, habits and behavior and the world in which they flourished. Also describes important fossil finds. Includes a helpful dictionary of dinosaur names. A must-have for all dino enthusiasts.
A Hambledon espionage story set in Central Europe behind the Iron Curtain.A 13-year-old princeling has been sent into Russia to a school for leadership and Hambledon is assigned to his rescue and spiriting him out of Russian hands to safety in England. Plenty of...
This number-one bestselling novel is based on the true story of one of the most notorious murder cases in French history. The heroine, Henriette Deluzy-Desportes, governess to the children of the Duc de Praslin, found herself strangely drawn to her employer; when the...
Virginia Woolf’s intention to publish her best short stories was posthumously carried out in this volume shortly after her death, this collection making availableVirginia Woolf’s most representative short works of fiction....
It's the same Hambledon, but far from his usual European haunts. Plunked down in a Central American republic, Tommy finds himself trapped between hot Latin temperaments and cold "hostile powers". Full of page-turning suspense and intrigue, DANGEROUS BY NATURE is...
What caused the stock-market crash of 1929 and the Great Depression that followed? This book blows away the conventional interpretations, not only in its contents but that the book exists at all. The Bubble that Broke the World was written in 1931. Author Garet Garrett...
A domestic tale of country gentlefolk, between the Wars, and their families, friends and acquaintances, mostly in their beloved Scotland, but also in London. Jane’s Parlour is the cosy sanctum where Katharyn, wife, mother of five children and writer, retreats for peace...
When Doris Dunbar's loving father dies, her family is torn apart. Suddenly Doris is faced with financial ruin, a hateful stepmother, a disgruntled fiancé, a dying brother, and the care of younger siblings. Just as Doris's world is crumbling around her, she meets...
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